Hack-saw frame



MarchZO, 1928.-

- c. R. GARNER HACK sAw FRAME a uf Om,

Ffiled Sept. 13, 1927 inexpensive devi structed in` such Patented Mar. 20, 1928A.A

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HACK-SAW sientan.

lApplication l'edfise'ptemlier 13, 1927.' Srtl No1' 219,267.

may be inserted therein, Vor releasedthere from, 'wi h a 'minimum' 'expenditure of' time',

e and with very'little"trouble,"while, at the I1 same Y time, "the saw' "blade 'will be securely v held iny place, 'an'd under proper "tension,

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during the time that thetool is use. In the accompanying drawing. v i Fig. 1 isa viewpartly in sideelevation, and partly in section, of a'ha'cksawyconand Fig. 2

through the handle thereof.

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` shaped sheath 17 2-. A "'verselybetween'the'sides of the sheath 17 Like 'numerals vdesignate Corresp"ondingVv parts in both of the 'figures ofthe drawing;

f Like inany of the' hack saws, now'coin-r monly in use, the'sawblade 5', of the presf'l ent invention, Iis-a'dapted to. vengage transf"v verselyextending pins (3-6a, of stub'shafts'" 7 land 8,' theflatt'er being disposed ineyes 9j and 10,'and being provided vwith"h'eads 11j.y The eye; 9 is located at lvthe exi` `tremity ofy anL-shaped nmember 13, vthe exf"` y l u fit to' move to past-center,position.'-That'is,

tremity ofthe long armof whichis p-rvided linto any one" cfa series' offopenings 15,

formed in the connectingjwalls 16 ofthe Ui' pin 17L extends'trans and prevents displacement of the member 13 vfrom said sheath. v

The rear end of the sheath 17 is provided with downturned ears 18, in which al cam 19 is pivoted at'20. This cam is provided with an operating handle 21, which terminates in a transverse tongue 22. The eye 10 is located at the extremityof a leg 23, of a frame i f member of substantially inverted U-shape,

which is pivoted at 24 to the sheath 17 and comprises a rearwardly extending run 25, which terminates in the handle shank 26. This shankA is secured by transversely eX- tending pins 27 to grip-sections 28. These grip sections may be made of wood, metal, hard rubber, or any othersuitable material, and, as clearly shown in Fig. 2, they are so shaped as to leave an open slot 29 at the front of the grip, into which the handle 21 of the cam 19 swings. l

The operation of the device is as follows: When a saw blade is to be inserted in the structed in accordance with" the"invention,"

- beenj'en'gjagedwith theV pins 6-6"", the operator, with the fingersA of the lrigh-t hand,

is fa horizontalv sectional'r view' y Y `swings'the-handle 21' downwardlyand rearhack saffwjframe, the fparts'lare moved to the positionfillustrated in Fig. "1", atwhich time That is",-the'run 25 has/been thrown down- `ward'ly tollie at anfangle with respect to the *sheath 17. *This results in'swingingthe leg and ,COUSQqently the VPin 65,., 'forwrdly vevacuardthe19h16 of stub Shaft 7;The i operator lthen lgrasps the l grip with .the fight Y "hand, andi manipulates'the `saw blade 5 to "'{engageritsA usual`l openings "withzffthe `pins -G'6"-;`r Thisv he can easily do?, because his left hand is left free to do this work, and as soon as the openings of the saw blade have ,'wlirdlzy into the Vgroove or slot 29 'of the grip. i'lhis'ca'us'esl the nosej19af of the cam' 19 to thrust upwardly kupon'the member 25, until l"said member lies in``- substantial fralignment lwith'the/' 'sheath 17 Thismovement ofy these "partsinto ialrgnmentrwith each other results inswingingftheleg23,'and the pin 6a car- Y ried'fthereby, laway (from the pin 6, and fplaces :thejsaw- :blade under tension.V if The vmovement ofthefcam 19 is such as to cause byithetimethe'handle 21has seated uitself Y inl theslot 29, thel'cam5will havejfmovedto a positionwhere its portion X will loel bearing against the underside of thegrun 25, v"and the tension ofthe-'blade 5 'will tend tohold the parts in locked position. When the handle 2l swings downwardly into the groove, its transverse extension 22 projects laterally beyond the grip, as illustrated in Fig. 2, where it may readily be vengaged by the thumb, and thrown outwardly, if it be desired t9 release the blade. To this'end, the side of`the grip is cut away slightly, as at 30.

It will readily be understood that the `mak'- ing of the one part of the frame in two pieces, as the piece 18, Vand the teeth 17, is merely for the purpose of rendering the device adjustable to receive saw blades of varying lengths. However, this is a feature of construction old in hack saw frames, andl improved y whatever changes fairly come within either the terms or the spirit of the appended claims.

Having described nay-invention, what I claim is: 1

l. A hack saw frame, comprising a pair of frame members pivoted to each other for rocking movement with respect. to each other, one of said frame members comprising a longitudinally extending run and aldownturned forward end portion, which carries a member adapted to engage one end of the hack lsaw blade, the other of' said frame members comprising a hand grip portion, and avdownturned leg carrying a mem- V,ber adapted toengage the other end of saidVV hacksaw blade, anda manually operable` fcamvacting between said frame members tol Y rock them with' respect to each other to move theleg ofthe grip lportion away from the downturned member of the other frame portion.

a member adapted to engage the forward..

end of the hack saw blade, the other frame member comprising a longitudinally extending run, a downturned grip portion,and a',

downturned legat the forward .end of the e longitudinal run, the vlast named frame member Vbeing pivotedto `the first named. frame member at a point intermediate the length of the first named frame member, and laca'ml `pivoted to the rear end of the first named frame member, and acting against the longi` tudinal run of the last named frame member,

Vto move thelongitudinal runsof thetwo framey members into lalignment with yeach other, las and for the purposes set forth.

3. hacksaw frame, comprising two r`2. Ahack saw frame, consisting of a. pair members having a slotted front face, and the last named frame part beingVV pivoted'to the first named frame part at a point materially in advance of the downturned portion at the rear end thereof, and a cam pivoted in of the first named part ofthe frame, said cam lcomprising a. handle extension lying in position to be engaged by the fingers of the hand which holds the vgrip and while the grip is held within the hand. Y

, 4.', A hacksaw frame comprising a pair of frame members pivoted for rocking movement with respect to each other, Veach of said frame members carrying an "element adapted to be engaged with anend of a hack saw blade, the rocking of the two frame members with respect to each other, placing said blade under tension, adownwardly; directed hand grip constituting the rear endy of one of said frame members, and v a ymanually operable cam acting between the two frame members to rock them with respect to each other to place the hack saw blade under tension, said cam comprising a :handle which lies in front of the grip and in position to be [operated by the lingers of the hand which holds the grip, and` while ,the grip isl held within' the hand.

' In testimony whereof I aiix'my signature.

CHARLIE R.v GARNER.

said downturned members. at the rearend f soA 

